Jastrow: גֵּט

גֵּט, (גִּיטּ־) m. (גטט, cmp. חטט) [engraving,] a legal document.—ג׳ אשה (often without אשה) letter of divorce. Pl. גִּיטֵּי נשים. Gitt. I, 5; 4; a. fr.—ג׳ חוֹב (usu. שטר) note of indebtedness. B. Kam. 95ᵃ; Keth. 51ᵇ.—ג׳ חֲלִיצָה a certificate stating compliance with the law of ḥălitsah (Deut. XXV, 5—10). Yeb. 106ᵃ. Ib. 106ᵇ דמקרי גט חליצה who pronounces the words to be said at the act of ḥălitsah (Deut. XXV, 7 a. 8).—ג׳ מִיאוּן a certificate stating a woman’s protest against her marriage. Ib.—ג׳ כריתות = ג׳ אשה. Snh. 11ᵃ.—ג׳ מעושה a document (of divorce) made out under compulsion. Gitt. IX, 8; a. fr.—[For other compounds see respective determinants].—Ib. II, 5 a woman may write את גִּיטָּהּ her own letter of divorce. Ib. 7 להביא את גִּטָּהּ to carry her letter of divorce. Ib. VI, 1, a. fr. גּטִּי, גִּיטִּי. Ib. VII, 3, a. fr. גִּטֵּךְ, גִּיטֵּיךְ &c. Ib., a. fr. הרי זה ג׳ the letter of divorce is valid. Ib. אינו ג׳ it is not valid. Ib. ג׳ ואינו ג׳ it is of doubtful validity.—Pl. גִּטִּין, גִּיטִּין; constr. גִּטֵּי, גִּיטֵּי. Ib. III, 2; II, 2; a. fr.—Hence Gittin, name of a Talmudic treatise.